Poetry in Ukraine, Hari Kunzru on Karl Ove Knausgaard, and More

Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today’s stories:

In Ukraine last weekend, the two-hundredth birthday of poet Taras Shevchenko was celebrated to commemorate the country's independence from Russia. (Public Radio International)

Meanwhile, contemporary Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan was hospitalized after being beaten by pro-Russian forces during a protest in Kharkiv, the country’s largest city. (New Yorker)

Novelist Hari Kunzru takes a look at the role of memory in Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard’s six-volume novel-cum-memoir, My Struggle. The third volume will be published in English in the United States by Archipelago in May. (Guardian)